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loadsome

loadsome adjective: burdensome.

Adjective

loadsome (comparative more loadsome, superlative most loadsome)

  1. (rare) burdensome
    • The loadsome Clog attempted Haste impedes, / And, sliding, baulks th' industrious clumsy Treads.1770, Andrew Brice, The Mobiad; Or, Battle of the Voice, page 45
    • Simple as they may seem, the seven basic operations we just described can prove quite loadsome.1988, Euromicro Symposium on Microprocessing and Microprogramming, page 513

Forms of loadsome

comparativemore loadsome
superlativemost loadsome

Origin of loadsome

From load + -some.

Questions about loadsome

What does loadsome mean?
Loadsome means burdensome.
What part of speech is loadsome?
Loadsome is an adjective.

Words near loadsome in the dictionary

  1. loadsamoney
  2. loadsamoneys
  3. loadshedding
  4. loadsman
  5. loadsmen
  6. loadsome
  7. loadspace
  8. loadspaces
  9. loadstar
  10. loadstars
  11. loadstone

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